D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-06-09 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online (Zoom Call), WA
On Thursday, June 9 we will be reading Contradictions of Capital and Care by Nancy Fraser link here https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii100/articles/nancy-fraser-contradictions-of-capital-and-care. The article makes the connection between acute crises of care (‘time poverty’, ‘family-work balance’, and ‘social depletion’) and the systemic social-reproductive contradictions of financialized capitalism.
Zoom link for the meeting: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91708325322
New members are always welcome! Join us! Many areas of practice will be addressed and tied into the struggle to create an Ecosocialist society.

Marxist Reading Group
2022-06-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-06-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-07-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-07-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-08-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-08-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-09-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-09-18 13:00 - 14:00 and 8 more dates | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Meeting for the Marxist reading group. New and seasoned readers of Marxist literature welcome!

For the kick-off meeting (1/9), we’ll be reading The Communist Manifesto.
Kick-off agenda:
1. Intros and such (10 mins)
2. Discussion of the Manifesto (40 mins)
3. Planning future meetings (10 mins)

RSVP for the first meeting here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-group/
Read the Communist Manifesto online

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-06-23 18:30 - 20:00 | 2000 NE 58th St, Ravenna Park Picnic Shelter #1, 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, 98105
On Thursday, June 23, we will be reading Feminism for the 99% by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser. This manifesto makes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn’t start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom, and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anti-capitalist, eco-socialist and antiracist.
Check the Slack channel for a PDF of the book, check it out of the Seattle Public Library, or order the book at https://www.versobooks.com/books/2924-feminism-for-the-99
This meeting will be held in-person for the first time in this reading group’s history! We’ll be meeting at Ravenna Park.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-07-07 18:30 - 20:00 | 2000 NE 58th St, Ravenna Park Picnic Shelter #1, 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, 98105
Join northeast Seattle comrades to talk about the first three essays in We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba–“So You are Thinking about Becoming an Abolitionist”, “The System isn’t Broken”, and “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolishing the Police”. Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org if you want an epub version of the book (or see reading group’s channel in slack). Location is confirmed–near Shelter #1 east of 20th Ave in Ravenna Park. All are welcome. Light snacks and drinks provided.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-07-21 18:30 - 20:00 | 2000 NE 58th St, Ravenna Park Picnic Shelter #1, 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, 98105
Join northeast Seattle comrades to talk about the article “Thoughts on How to Withstand the Neoconfederate/Neofascist Power Grab” by Kali Akuno, link here https://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/article/kali-akuno-withstand-neoconfederate-power/. Location is near Shelter #1 east of 20th Ave in Ravenna Park. All are welcome.

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-08-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet other teachers and educators as we socialize and discuss how we can improve our workplaces! We meet every other week, alternating between socials and political/reading discussions and action planning. Teachers and educators from other districts welcome! Invite your coworkers!
Meet on the patio of Chuck’s Hop Shop, central district.
We’ll be continuing a discussion on Joe Burns’ new book Class Struggle Unionism. August 5th will be Chapter 6. August 19th will be Chapter 7 and the conclusion. Didn’t read the chapter? No worries! Come as you are.

Indefensible Reading Group
2022-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Jefferson Park, 3801 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, 98108, United States
This is a one-time reading group for “Indefensible: Democracy, Counterrevolution, and the Rhetoric of Anti-Imperialism” by Rohini Hensman.

“Indefensible offers an essential alternative to the ideology of those who claim to be anti-imperialists but oppose only Western imperialism and the despots it supports.”

You can get a an e-copy for from Haymarket books here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1164-indefensible.

If you’d like to find a free or borrowable copy, we can help with that!

Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!

We’ll be meeting at Jefferson Park in Beacon Hill with a big ol’ orange “Stephanie Gallardo” yard sign. Discussion will start at 7pm, but feel free to come early (6:30) if you’d like to get settled and introduce yourself. See you there!

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/indefensible-reading-group/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-08-18 18:30 - 20:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades on August 18 to talk about the first two chapters of the book The Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber, that is, the chapters titled “Class Structure” and “Class Formation”. If you would like an epub version of the book please email 3eshaw@gmail.com . We will go back to zoom this time due to COVID persistence, but we have a new outdoor plan for Sept 1. Join the discussion here https://washington.zoom.us/j/92917285708 . All are welcome!

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-08-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet other teachers and educators as we socialize and discuss how we can improve our workplaces! We meet every other week, alternating between socials and political/reading discussions and action planning. Teachers and educators from other districts welcome! Invite your coworkers!
Meet on the patio of Chuck’s Hop Shop, central district.
We’ll be continuing a discussion on Joe Burns’ new book Class Struggle Unionism. August 19th will be Chapter 7 and the conclusion. Didn’t read the chapter? No worries! Come as you are.

Marxist Reading Group Special Edition: Kim Moody, Breaking the Impasse
2022-08-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! For this meeting, we’ll be having a discussion of a longer selection than usual: Breaking the Impasse, by Kim Moody. From the publisher:
In his latest book, veteran socialist writer Kim Moody provides a masterful analysis of the political impasse which has shaped the rise of a new socialist movement in the United States: recurring economic and political crises, sharp inequality, state violence, and climate catastrophe proceed apace as the right ascends across the world, while the US political scene remains defined and dominated by two capitalist political parties. Moody situates the historic electoral campaigns of Democratic Socialists such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as the growth of organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America, in this context, and incisively assesses the revived movement’s focus on electoral strategies.
Offering an important account of left attempts to intervene in the American two-party electoral system, Moody provides both a sobering historical corrective and an alternative orientation for the future, arguing that the socialist movement should turn its attention toward a politics of mass action, anti-racism, and independent, working-class organizing.
Please join us as we discuss Moody’s strategy for building a new party in the United States!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades in person outdoors at Urban Luxe (details below) on Thurs 9/1 to talk about The Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber–through Chapter 4 section 4.2 “Agents and Automatons”. Relax and join the conversation with or without reading that far. For an epub version of the book, please email 3eshaw@gmail.com. All are welcome!

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-09-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-09-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-09-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-14 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-11-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-11-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet other teachers and educators as we socialize and discuss how we can improve our workplaces! We meet every other week, alternating between socials and political/reading discussions and action planning. Teachers and educators from other districts welcome! Invite your coworkers!
Meet on the patio of Chuck’s Hop Shop, central district.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades again, Thursday 9/15 at 6:30, at Urban Luxe Cafe, 6105 Roosevelt Way NE, indoors or outdoors negotiable. We will finish Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber (Sections 4.3 thru 4.5 and then Chapter 5). Anyone is still welcome to join or sit in on the conversation. You don’t have to be in District 4 or 5, and if you want an epub of this GREAT book, please email 3eshaw@gmail.com.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 9/29, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe, five blocks from Roosevelt light rail station. We are reading just the last chapter of Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency by Andreas Malm (chapter entitled “War Communism”). To request an epub of the book, please email hildreth@seanet.com. Optional supplemental reading “Ecological Leninism”, a response to Malm by Adam Tooze. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-10-03 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: TBA

RSVP Here.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-10-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 10/13, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe for a second discussion of the last chapter of Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency by Andreas Malm (chapter entitled “War Communism”). We’ll add a related article, “Socialism with An Anarchist Squint” (heads up it’s fairly long). You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.
For an epub of the Malm book, please email hildreth@seanet.com.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Donny Gluckstein, The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy, Chapters 1-2
RSVP for a link to the reading.
RSVP Here.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-11-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 11/3, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe for a discussion of “Understanding what sustainability is not – and what it is” . The article explains that “Ecologically sustainable development”, adopted by the UN WCED and other institutions as a guiding principle, is impossible to implement. Instead “sustainable development” provides psychological comfort, maintains the status quo of neoliberal capitalism, and provides rewarding employment for the professional class. The article convincingly promotes sustainable eco-socialism on ‘spaceship’ Earth through relational application of the formula of “from each according to their ability to each according to their need”.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Nancy Fraser, The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Reborn

RSVP Here for reading link.

Location Change!! D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-11-17 18:15 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
LOCATION CHANGE! Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 11/3, 6:15 at Distant Worlds Coffee Shop, SW corner Roosevelt & 65th under the “SPEX in the City” sign, for a discussion of “Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Theoretical Introduction”, by James O’Connor . For extreme nerds, insomniacs or fanatics, here is a supplemental commentary on O’Connor as well–“Capitalism and Ecology” by John Bellamy Foster , no pressure.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-12-01 18:15 - 20:15 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Cafe on the Ave, Thursday 12/1, 6:15, for a discussion of a quick climate-related read, “The Whole Field”, by Max Krahé. Then, we have three candidate books in mind to read next—you can help us decide which one.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-12-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: We’ll be continuing our discussion of W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, with Chapters 7-8 (“Looking Forward” and “The Transubstantiation of a Poor White”) (link). Prior reading not necessary (we’ve previously discussed chapters 1-2), but encouraged!

RSVP Here.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-12-15 18:15 - 20:15 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join Seattle comrades at Cafe on the Ave, 6:15 Thursday 12/15, for a discussion of Nancy Fraser’s article from New Left review, “Climates of Capital” .
Fraser argues that as political actors of multiple hues are turning green, the political climate is turbulent. Safeguarding the planet requires disclosing the capitalist drivers of multiple strands of injustice and irrationality, to develop a powerful counter-hegemonic project of societal transformation. Please support New Left Review by purchasing the article for approx $3.50 (in British pounds) or contact hildreth@seanet.com for assistance.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-01-05 18:15 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Cafe on the Ave, 6:15 Thursday 1/5, for a discussion of the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vetesse and Drew Pendergrass (very reasonably priced from Verso). The book provocatively contemplates life after capitalism, reversing climate disaster, and mechanisms of socialist governance.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: We’ll be finishing our discussion of W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, by reading the final chapter (Chapter 17: “The Propaganda of History”) (link). Prior reading not necessary (we’ve previously discussed chapters 1-2 and 7-8), but encouraged!
RSVP Here.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-01-19 18:15 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Cafe on the Ave, 6:15 Thursday 1/19, for a discussion of the Chapter 2 of Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vetesse and Drew Pendergrass (very reasonably priced from Verso). The book provocatively contemplates life after capitalism, reversing climate disaster, and mechanisms of socialist governance.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-01-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Engels, Dialectics of Nature (Ch.1 Introduction, Ch.2 Dialectics, Ch3 Basic Form of Motion)

Reproductive Justice Book Club
2023-02-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-02-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Volunteer Park- Amphitheater, 1139-1157 Volunteer Park Rd, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join the reproductive justice working group book club. For this discussion we’re reading the introduction and the essay “Children, Childhood and Capitalism” in Tithi Bhattacharya’s edited collection Social Reproduction Theory Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression. Find a PDF copy here.
RSVP here for details.
For this meeting we’re reading 2 chapters:
Chapter 5: “Intersections and Dialectics: Critical Reconstructions in Social Reproduction Theory”
Chapter 7: “Mostly Work, Little Play: Social Reproduction, Migration, and Paid Domestic Work in Montreal”

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-02-02 18:15 - 20:00 | Bulldog News (extended hours for us–ignore google), 4208 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 2/2 at 6:15 at Bulldog News for a discussion of “Naive Questions on Degrowth” by Kenta Tsuda from New Left Review. The author eloquently interrogates the notion of degrowth as promoted to address climate change. It is sure to inform our actions in response to climate and our continued reading of the book Half Earth Socialism, to which we will return at the subsequent meeting. Bulldog News is staying open just for us–disregard google which will show them as closing at 6.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-02-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Engels, Dialectics of Nature (Ch 4: The Measure of Motion – Work, Ch 5: Heat, Ch 6: Electricity)
Supplemental (not required, but potentially helpful) material:

Rob Sewell, “What Is Dialectic Materialism?”
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Hegel’s Dialectics
Trotsky – “The ABC of Materialist Dialectics”
Engels – Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, Part II: Materialism

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-02-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 2/16, for a discussion of the Chapter 3 of Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vetesse and Drew Pendergrass (reasonably priced epub from Verso). The book provocatively contemplates life after capitalism, reversing climate disaster, and mechanisms of socialist governance.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-02-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent, Chapter 1 “A Propaganda Model”

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-03-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 3/2, for a discussion of Peter Drucker’s commentary “DSA and the Democratic Party”, which is a review of the book Breaking the Impasse by Kim Moody.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-03-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Let’s meet up tonight on Zoom to get a sense of how we want reading group to proceed!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83317688304?pwd=[REDACTED]

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-03-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 3/16, for a discussion of the Introduction and Part I of The Red Nation’s book The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, available from Common Notions Press. For an inspiring description, check out national DSA’s 2019 statement of endorsement of the Red Deal here https://www.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-red-deal-statement-of-endorsement/
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-03-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 3/30, for a discussion of Part II of The Red Nation’s book, The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, available from Common Notions Press. For an inspiring description, check out the national DSA’s 2019 statement of endorsement of the Red Deal .
Extreme nerds may also read the 2010 People’s Agreement of Cochabamba (Bolivia) which is mentioned in the book, completely optional.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Women, Race, and Class Discussion
2023-03-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Volunteer Park- Amphitheater, 1139-1157 Volunteer Park Rd, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join us as we read and discuss Angela Davis’ groundbreaking book Women, Race, and Class. The text offers a Marxist analysis of gender oppression under racial capitalism and it is one of the earliest texts to offer an analysis of gender/racial/class oppression as not only intersecting but as structurally co-constituted.
For our first meeting on this book we’ll discuss chapter 3 & 4. RSVP here for the Zoom link.
This discussion is organized by the Reproductive Justice Working Group of Seattle DSA.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-04-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, I: Bourgeois and Proletarians and II: Proletarians and Communists.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-04-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 4/13, for a discussion of Part III, Conclusion, and Appendix of The Red Nation’s book, The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, available from Common Notions Press. For an inspiring description, check out the national DSA’s 2019 statement of endorsement of the Red Deal .
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-04-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, Part III: Socialist and Communist Literature & Part IV: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-04-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 4/27. We meet bi-weekly to discuss articles or books that inform our organizing–in general, or most often in relation to climate change. This time we are taking a breath for a relaxed conversation about what we want to read next. We have some great ideas–check out the slack channel or email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org to preview some of them–and please feel free to bring your own!
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-05-01 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-29 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: TBA

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-05-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6:30 Thursday 5/11, for a discussion of “Socialist Politics and the Electricity Grid” by Syracuse DSA’s Matt Huber and Jacobin writer Fred Stafford, published in Catalyst. The article applies Marxist thinking to what is arguably the central project for eliminating fossil fuel consumption in the U.S. in pursuit of a just transition to address climate change.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Mifepristone Podcast Discussion (In-Person/Hybrid)
2023-05-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
We’re meeting in person and offering a virtual option as well. The in-person meeting will be at a comrade’s home in north Capitol Hill. Please RSVP to get details or the zoom link.

Join the Reproductive Justice Working group as we listen to and discuss a podcast on the developments so far in the Mifepristone case. You can find it here. The podcast discusses the implications of the legal precedents that are being pushed for, as well as some the facts around abortion and mifepristone that are helpful to know as context.
Our discussion questions are:

How do you think that prior discussions of other abortion cases is influencing coverage of this one? For instance, the podcast emphasizes that the FDA has the real power here for now, but the coverage is all focusing on the supreme court.
The podcast mentions the precedent that is being pushed for around enforcing the Comstock act. What do you think it would take to get Congress to act to remove it?
What can we do around this case? What areas do you feel you have the most leverage?

This discussion is organized by the Reproductive Justice Working Group of Seattle DSA.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-05-25 18:45 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at Urban Luxe Cafe, 6:45 Thursday 5/25, for a discussion of “Covid, Climate Change: Is the World Ready for ‘Global Public Goods’?” from New Left Review, by Sean Sweeney. Sean Sweeney is at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and is one of the forces behind the global organization Trade Unionists for Energy Democracy.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-06-22 18:45 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us 6:45 Thursday 6/22 at Urban Luxe Cafe, to kick off discussions of two technical visions for a 100% renewable energy future, and barriers/strategies for getting there. The plan is to have each gotten started reading one of these two books (your choice which) to inform the discussion–Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith, OR No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Jacobson. From there we’ll figure out the pace for finishing them.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-07-20 18:45 - 20:15 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at UrbanLuxe Cafe in Roosevelt, Thursday 7/20, to continue discussions of two technical visions for a 100% renewable energy future, along with barriers/strategies for getting there. We are each starting or will have finished one of two books (your choice which you would like to read). Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith emphasizes consumer choices and is a shorter read. No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Jacobson provides thorough definitions and accessible technical descriptions for an optimal transition to 100% renewable energy.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-08-17 18:45 - 20:15 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at Urban Luxe Cafe in Roosevelt, Thursday 8/17, to continue discussions of a technical vision for a 100% renewable energy future, along with barriers/strategies for getting there. We will be discussing No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Jacobson, through Chapter 9. The book provides thorough definitions and accessible technical descriptions for an optimal transition to 100% renewable energy.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-09-14 18:45 - 20:00 | Die Bierstube, 6106 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at Die Bierstube in Roosevelt, Thursday 9/14, to continue the discussion of a technical vision for a 100% renewable energy future, along with barriers/strategies for getting there. We will finish No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Jacobson.
We plan to return to political education topics that sharpen our thinking for the struggle to bring about an ecologically sound democratic socialist society, so come on in! We can choose our next reading and talk about alternative meeting locations and frequency.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Return of Socialist Educators Happy Hour!
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!

We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
This event was discontinued during the summer but with the school year starting up we are starting to hold these again.
RSVP HERE

Theory Underground Tour
2023-10-05 13:00 - 16:00 | 3414 1/2 Fremont Ave N Suite D, Seattle, WA 98103, 3414 1/2 Fremont Ave N Suite D, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join Theory Underground on their Seattle Tour Stop.
https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-10-12 18:45 - 20:00 | Die Bierstube, 6106 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us Thursday 10/12 to begin discussion of the book Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. The book informs DSA’s self-organizing path to a mass movement to replace capitalism with democratic socialism, in the workerist/autonomist tradition of Marxism. We will discuss Part I (Chapters 1-5).

You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome. Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org (or post in our channel in Seattle DSA’s Slack workspace). Location update: Die Bierstube, details below.

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-2/

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-3

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-11-02 18:45 - 20:00 | Big Time Brewery & Alehouse, 4133 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
LOCATION UPDATE: Big Time Brewery covered seating OUTDOORS in front. Bundle up and join us for a discussion of the book Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, through Chapter 10. In the workerist/autonomist tradition of Marxism, this book informs DSA’s path to a mass movement to replace capitalism with democratic socialism. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read!
Big Time Brewery (4133 University Way) is easily accessible from the south exit of the U District light rail station. All are welcome. Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org (or post in our channel in Seattle DSA’s Slack workspace).

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-11-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-4

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-11-30 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
All are welcome to join us for a continuing discussion of the book Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, through Part III (Chapter 12). In the workerist/autonomist tradition of Marxism, this book informs DSA’s path to a mass movement to replace capitalism with democratic socialism.
No need to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org (or post in our channel in Seattle DSA’s Slack workspace).

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-12-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-5/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-12-14 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us for our final discussion of the book Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. We will also start discussing what to read next and all are welcome to join in.
No need to live in District 4 or 5.
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org (or post in our channel in Seattle DSA’s Slack workspace).

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2023-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Canceled will resume January 5th.
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-01-04 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us as we start reading Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory, by Mike Davis, on Thursday 1/4 at 6:45. Our discussions aspire to inform strategies for winning an ecologically sound democratic socialist society.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour Relocated to Renton Raise the Wage Fundraiser
2024-01-05 17:00 - 19:30 | Delancy’s on 3RD, 810 S 3rd ST, Renton, WA, 98057
Note: For this week the event has been relocated to Renton to join the Raise the Wage Renton Fundraising Party.
Delancey’s: 810 S 3rd ST, Renton (5-7:30 PM)
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-8/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-01-18 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us for continued discussion of Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory, by Mike Davis, on Thursday 1/18 at 6:45. We will aim to read through p. 154 of the book. Our discussions aspire to inform strategies for winning an ecologically thriving democratic socialist society.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-01-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-9/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-02-01 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us to finish discussion of Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory, by Mike Davis, on Thursday 2/1 at 6:45. Our reading and discussions aspire to inform strategies for winning an ecologically thriving democratic socialist society. We will also discuss what to read next.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-10/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-02-15 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us Thursday 2/15 at 6:45 to discuss the article “Planned Degrowth: Ecosocialism and Sustainable Human Development” by John Bellamy Foster, from Monthly Review.
The article recognizes the need to challenge current notions of “prosperity” and to move to a sustainable model of human development that meets the needs of individuals and communities. It argues for a revolutionary shift in the social relations governing the means production, and the planning of our economy around the survival of the species, rather than the endless drive to accumulation.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-11/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-02-29 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Location update: Cafe on the Ave, details below. Join us to discuss the article “Neither Productivism nor Degrowth” by Ståle Holgersen, from Spectre Journal.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
We often anchor our discussions with a reading, but we’ll provide a short summary so everyone can participate whether they read or not.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-educators-happy-hour-12/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-03-14 18:45 - 20:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us 3/14 to begin discussing the book Climate Change as Class War by Matt Huber, starting with the Introduction and Part I.
Our reading selections and discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society that thrives ecologically. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .
